State Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostberg) said he'll be looking to challenge Governor Tony Evers's order on COVID-19 testing for state employees. The Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) on Tuesday announced a new weekly testing requirement for all executive branch employees, interns, and contractors. The testing requirement will go into effect beginning October 18, 2021, and will apply to all employees who have either not submitted their vaccination status or reported … [Read More...]
Study: alcohol use declines, cannabis use increases among college students
A new study shows college students reported record high marijuana use, and record low drinking in 2020. According to the 2020 Monitoring the Future study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, alcohol use among college students dipped from 62 percent in 2019 to 56 percent. The percentages reporting being drunk in the past month and reporting binge-drinking also declined. Also according to the report, 44 percent of college students reported using marijuana in 2020, an increase from 38 … [Read More...]
Four people from Minnesota found fatally shot in western Wisconsin cornfield
Four people found dead in a western Wisconsin cornfield over the weekend were all from Minnesota. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office has identified them as 26-year-old Matthew Pettus, 30-year-old Jasmine Sturm and 35-year-old Loyace Foreman III, all of St. Paul, and 30-year-old Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley of Stillwater. Their bodies were found Sunday, after a 911 caller alerted deputies to an SUV off a rural road in the Town of Sheridan, about an hour east of the Twin Cities. Preliminary … [Read More...]
Evers seeks to intervene in redistricting case
Governor Tony Evers has signaled he wants to be involved in a redistricting case. Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul on Monday asked a federal court to allow Evers to intervene in a lawsuit filed last month by Democrats, that asks a federal court to draw the state's next set of electoral maps. The governor’s motion contends state law recognizes a joint role for both the governor and the Legislature in the redistricting process, and that the governor should be allowed to provide input in the … [Read More...]
Wisconsin state employees report nearly 70 percent vaccination rate
Nearly 70 percent of state employees in Wisconsin have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Eighty-seven percent of state employees have reported their vaccination status, and close to 70 percent report getting at least one dose, according to a Monday press release from the state Department of Administration. That's above the 55.5 percent of Wisconsinites who’ve received at least one dose of a vaccine. So far, the Evers administration has not mandated vaccination for more … [Read More...]
Politics & Government
LeMahieu says he’ll fight gov’s order on COVID-19 testing for state employees
State Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostberg) said he’ll be looking to challenge Governor Tony Evers’s order on COVID-19 testing for state employees. The Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) on Tuesday announced a new weekly testing requirement for all executive branch employees, interns, and contractors. The testing requirement will go into effect beginning October 18, […]
Crime & Courts
Four people from Minnesota found fatally shot in western Wisconsin cornfield
Four people found dead in a western Wisconsin cornfield over the weekend were all from Minnesota. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office has identified them as 26-year-old Matthew Pettus, 30-year-old Jasmine Sturm and 35-year-old Loyace Foreman III, all of St. Paul, and 30-year-old Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley of Stillwater. Their bodies were found Sunday, after a 911 […]
Sports
Burnes and Hader combine for second no-hitter in Brewers franchise history (AUDIO)
With his pitch count at 115 after eight innings, Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell knew that Corbin Burnes has several more very important innings ahead of him. It’s why Counsell removed Burnes, despite his not allowing a hit and allowed closer Josh Hader to nail down his 31st save and preserve a combined no-hitter in […]